Most of my photography centres around four themes: urban, travel, food, and the abstract. Ive been at it for nearly thirty years, but only recently have I made a conscious and concerted effort to carve out time for my art.

Posted 22 May 2016 - 08:34 AM

Ive made several attempts to shoot this interesting mix of building styles -- and I think I finally succeeded on Friday, with morning light. For those who know Toronto, this is the southwest corner of King and University. I'll be interested in hearing people's thoughts on this image

I like the BW, well exposed, nice tones. Since you mentioned the curved glass, I went in looking for it. But, I'm not sure my eye would have gone there. There are a lot of lines/elements to wonder around. It seems that the dark area, the glass, makes this look like there are two images. Acting like a line. My opinion.

Thanks, Dennis.

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I like the BW, well exposed, nice tones. Since you mentioned the curved glass, I went in looking for it. But, I'm not sure my eye would have gone there. There are a lot of lines/elements to wonder around. It seems that the dark area, the glass, makes this look like there are two images. Acting like a line. My opinion.

Like Dennis, the curved glass wasn't immediately apparent to me. There is a lot going on, especially on the RH side. Would a dark vignette help the viewer find it a bit quicker?

I'll join Dennis and BP in saying that the mono conversion is first class.

Most of my photography centres around four themes: urban, travel, food, and the abstract. Ive been at it for nearly thirty years, but only recently have I made a conscious and concerted effort to carve out time for my art.

I really like the image. I love the different patterns and textures. The B&W treatment works very well.

I think I'd like a bit straighter verticals, so a perspective adjustment would help. Normally I would leave a bit of skewing, but in this image I think making the verticals perfectly straight would highlight the curve. After that adjustment, you might crop a little off one of the sides to emphasize the curve in a "Thirds" position.

I would not use a vignette as it breaks up the geometry. But you could get a similar effect with a grad filter applied to the left and/or right sides.

The other thing that might work is to rotate the image so the curve is diagonal - top left to bottom right. It would turn all the vertical and horizontal lines into diagonals. Just a thought.

Most of my photography centres around four themes: urban, travel, food, and the abstract. Ive been at it for nearly thirty years, but only recently have I made a conscious and concerted effort to carve out time for my art.

Posted 30 June 2016 - 08:33 AM

I like this shot, so much in it that it just keeps me looking. Nicely done.

thanks! Ive just printed it for a friend -- and it looks great in a large format hard copy!